Researchers have found that 10 minutes of walking up and down stairs at a regular pace is more likely to make you feel energised than ingesting 50 milligrams of caffeine -- about the equivalent to the amount in a can of soda.

The Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) has found popular painkiller Combiflam and common cold medicine D Cold Total respectively, to be substandard in tests conducted last month and found that they failed different quality determining tests.

Researchers have discovered a new cause of high blood pressure which could lead to major changes in managing the disease. In a study published in the journal JCI Insight, the researchers named the new cause as Connshing syndrome which is linked to the overproduction of the stress hormone cortisol.

Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease is a major health concern as it can lead to permanent scarring (cirrhosis) and subsequently to cancer and malfunction of the liver. This may result in life-threatening complications for which a liver transplant is needed.

India has witnessed a sudden increase of 15 per cent in caesarean sections or caesarean deliveries -- a procedure performed only during complicated pregnancies and difficulty in a normal vaginal delivery, gynaecologists said on Saturday.